Child Support
Articles about child support in Georgia, including calculation, enforcement, deviations, and modifications.
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Emancipation and Child Support in Georgia
In Georgia emancipation ends the duty of support, but a minor is emancipated only by marriage, military service, or a juvenile court order, not by moving out.
Read MoreHow Georgia Changed Imputed Income in 2018
Before July 1, 2018 Georgia imputed child support income at minimum wage for a 40-hour week; the amended statute requires an individualized assessment instead.
Read MoreVariable Income and Georgia Child Support
Georgia counts commissions, bonuses, and overtime in child support gross income by averaging them; a court cannot leave them out as not guaranteed.
Read MoreWhat Georgia Excludes From Child Support Income
Georgia child support gross income leaves out support received for another child, means-tested benefits, foster care payments, and standard employer benefits.
Read MoreWillful Unemployment and Georgia Child Support
A Georgia court can base child support on earning capacity when a parent is willfully unemployed or underemployed; earning less than you could is not enough.
Read MoreHow Georgia Courts Impute Income for Child Support
When a parent gives no reliable evidence of income, a Georgia court may impute income to that parent, custodial or noncustodial, after an individualized review.
Read MoreIncarceration and Child Support in Georgia
Since 2018 a Georgia court cannot impute child support income to an incarcerated parent from pre-prison wages, and incarceration is not willful unemployment.
Read MoreHealth Insurance and Georgia Child Support
Georgia adds a child's health insurance premium to the basic child support obligation and prorates it, and the court must decide which parent covers the child.
Read MoreWork-Related Child Care in Georgia Child Support
Georgia adds work-related child care costs to the basic child support obligation on Schedule D and splits them pro rata; it is an adjustment, not a deviation.
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